WITHIN THE COLONY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 235, 3 December 1894, Page 3

WITHIN THE COLONY.

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH

(Per Tress Association)

Christchurch, This Day. At about midnight on Friday Mr C. H. Wagstaff, canvasser for the Lyttelton Times, found a man named Chas. Langdon getting into the premises by the servant girl’s window. The latter ran off, and Wagstaff fired on him, the charge lodging in his liip and hand. Wagstaff was arrested and remanded for a week. Langdon, who is a butcher and a married man, has not been able to give any explanation of why he went to the house. Wagstaff says he did not intend to hit the man.

Wellington, This Day. The Government are calling for 100,000 feet each of rimu, led birch, matai, kauri, and silver pine for shipment to England. They will make all arrangements, and Mr Freyberg will take charge in England and conduct the sale there. As the object is to ascertain whether a trade can be made, the price must not be gross. The Westland millers have agreed to find 100,000 feet.

Mr Stafford is to bo solicitor here under the Cheap Money Scheme, and Messrs Loughrey and Lane in Christchurch. Mr Carswell, of Invercargill, is to bo one of the South Island valuers.

A circular has been issued by the Government to the timber traders. They are given fourteen days for reply, and the date on which the timber is to be delivered must be stated. It is decided to take immediate advantage of the demand for paving timber. It is anticipated there may be sorao difficulty in the way of obtaining space, but it is hoped this might be overcome.

At meeting of the Wairnrapa relief committee, it was decided to make this central distributing point, except as far as Auckland and Dunedin. This is done with the consent of contributors. Auckland, This Day. A young man named Potter was killed at Ohinewai by the upsetting of a load of fiax which he was conveying to the railway station. Colonel Fox denies that he used the expression The defences of New Zealand were looked on by sensible men as a farce and that it was treated thus by the Government, possibly for political reasons. Napier, This Day. The Kaikora post office was broken into early on Sunday and a number of letters torn open, but the safe was not touched. Very little was apparently taken.

Dunedin, This Day. Williamson and Mustgrave have given £SO to the Wairarapa relief fund.